102.1
In some places, the number 102.1 is a radio call sign.
In North Bay, 102.1 is the call sign of the Fox.
In Toronto, 102.1 is the call sign of the Edge.
But today, that number isn't a radio call sign. It's the lowest gas price in town.
Yesterday, the lowest gas price was 93.6, and that was following three weeks of prices over 95 cents a litre. It was as though consumers were finally getting some relief. But today, they're in for a huge shock.
Even if you don't drive, this is going to affect you in some way. Higher prices at the gas pumps equal higher prices at the grocery store. Someone has to gas their truck in order to deliver that lettuce and milk you're buying.
There's a few ways this problem of high gas prices can be solved. No, that e-mail you got saying to boycott a gas station for a day isn't going to work. You'll just gas up the day before or the day after. Instead, someone needs to make a reliable car that runs off some other kind of energy. Whether it's hydrogen or electricity doesn't matter. Yes, the infrastructure will need to be put in place, but that's the cost of progress.
Another way is to get the United States out of the Middle East. Before Iraq entered Kuwait, the price per barrel of oil was around $12-14. Now it's somewhere around $60 a barrel. That's not normal inflation, and you can check with any economist. War and unrest in that part of the world has pushed the price skyward. This isn't a low supply/high demand problem. This is a "it might get blown up tomorrow" problem.
Don't be upset with the person at the gas bar. He/she might change the numbers on the sign, but they're not the ones changing the price on the barrel.
In North Bay, 102.1 is the call sign of the Fox.
In Toronto, 102.1 is the call sign of the Edge.
But today, that number isn't a radio call sign. It's the lowest gas price in town.
Yesterday, the lowest gas price was 93.6, and that was following three weeks of prices over 95 cents a litre. It was as though consumers were finally getting some relief. But today, they're in for a huge shock.
Even if you don't drive, this is going to affect you in some way. Higher prices at the gas pumps equal higher prices at the grocery store. Someone has to gas their truck in order to deliver that lettuce and milk you're buying.
There's a few ways this problem of high gas prices can be solved. No, that e-mail you got saying to boycott a gas station for a day isn't going to work. You'll just gas up the day before or the day after. Instead, someone needs to make a reliable car that runs off some other kind of energy. Whether it's hydrogen or electricity doesn't matter. Yes, the infrastructure will need to be put in place, but that's the cost of progress.
Another way is to get the United States out of the Middle East. Before Iraq entered Kuwait, the price per barrel of oil was around $12-14. Now it's somewhere around $60 a barrel. That's not normal inflation, and you can check with any economist. War and unrest in that part of the world has pushed the price skyward. This isn't a low supply/high demand problem. This is a "it might get blown up tomorrow" problem.
Don't be upset with the person at the gas bar. He/she might change the numbers on the sign, but they're not the ones changing the price on the barrel.
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